Baaba Maal
Bio
Baaba Maal (born 12 November 1953) is a singer, percussionist and guitarist from Podor, Senegal. He is one of the best known Senegalese musicians alongside such artists as Youssou N'Dour and Ismaël Lô.
Baaba Maal has released 11 studio albums as part of an illustrious career spanning three decades. Since his first album release in the late 1980s, the versatile musicians has forged an eclectic style blending Afro-pop, dance, worldbeat, traditional Senegalese music, folk and desert blues.
The singer and guitarist was nominated in the Best World Music category for ‘Firin’ In Fouta’ at the 1996 Grammy Awards and has worked with such names as Mansour Seck, Mumford & Sons, Andy Shephard, Peter Gabriel and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Chris Blackwell.
Baaba Maal also worked on the 'Black Hawk Down' film soundtrack and has played at numerous international festivals such as Bonnaroo, the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival and the Harare International Festival of the Arts, among many others.
His 2016 album The Traveller earned Baaba Maal rave reviews from publications such as The Guardian, NPR and AllMusic.
Music
Baaba Maal
Freak Out (Baba Ali Remix) [feat. The Very Best]
05:57
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Agreement (Beatrice Dillon Remix)
04:26
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Daande Lenol
08:14
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Dogata
06:03
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Mariama
04:57
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Yero Mama
04:40
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Diahowo
06:32
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Baayo
04:03
Baaba Maal
Samba
05:43
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Lasli Fouta
05:33
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Bouyel
04:14
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Fulani Rock
03:51
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Gilli Men
04:59
Videos
Being natural; Baaba talking about his intentions making Being
Being a way to begin listening to Being.
Being a year since the release of Yerimayo Celebration...
Being a fragment of 'Agreement', track 4 from Baaba's album Being.
Being the realisation that a musician is always inspired and always has something to say...
Being more to come.
Being a united force...
Being with water, being with people
Being filled with inspiration and energy.
Being a musician before anything else.
Being in the general direction of being clear about 'Freak Out' ft. The Very Best
Being at #MandelaDay singing “African Woman” July 2009 at Radio City Music Hall.
Being this summer @RoughTradeStores NYC, playing a song for loved ones, Ndungu Ruumi
Being today; Being is now available on CD and Vinyl.
Being @BabaAliMusic's remix of 'Freak Out' - out everywhere now!
Baaba Maal - Freak Out Ft. The Very Best (Baba Ali Remix) (Visualiser)
Baba Ali's remix of Baaba Maal's 'Freak Out' ft. The Very Best is out TOMORROW.
Less than two weeks until we get together.
Being by the water, because everything begins with fisherman’s tales.
Baaba Maal - Yerimayo Celebration (Official Video)
A video celebrating Yerimayo Celebration, directed by David Albury & Omri Dagan.
Being strong. A deeper dive into Ndungu Ruumi, the third track from Being.
Being one week since the release of Beatrice Dillon’s lovely reworking of Agreement
Being the reaching of a new agreement
Being how to take the edge off; being track four taken to a different place
Baaba Maal - Agreement (Beatrice Dillon Remix) (Visualiser)
Being a (re)agreement; Beatrice Dillon takes track 4 from Baaba’s album ‘Being’ into another space.
Being where you are now wherever you are.
Bonne fête de l'indépendance / Happy Independence day Senegal ��❤️
Being the time has come; arriving somewhere is always a starting point.
Baaba Maal - Casamance Nights (Visualiser)
Baaba Maal - Boboyillo (Visualiser)
Baaba Maal - Mbeda Wella (Visualiser)
Baaba Maal - Ndungu Ruumi (Visualiser)
Being the answer to true happiness; letting things happen naturally.
Being how to listen to Baaba's new album before it's released
Being time to lose yourself in Casamance Nights as we near the release of a new album
Being in the mood, because language is a weapon; Baaba performing 'Fulani Rock' in 2016
Counting the days . . .It’s a being thing; one day closer till Baaba Maal's new album is realised.
Being how one thing with another equals a better thing...
Being in the near future; new album released in 3 weeks time on 31st March
Being closer; marching forward.
My new single 'Freak Out' ft. The Very Best is out and about everywhere now.
Baaba Maal - Freak Out Ft. The Very Best (Official Video)
Songs are a way of being more alive; a great new ‘freak out’ coming tomorrow
Speed; Being Vision 14, sightings of 'Freak Out'
Being the meaning of true knowledge. Get ready to freak out; realised in 2 week’s time on March 1st
Being Baaba Maal's first contact with the acoustic guitar. #BMinsight 14
Baaba Maal - One Day (Visualiser)
Baaba Maal - Jam Jam (Visualiser)
Baaba Maal - Kalaajo (Visualiser)
Baaba Maal - Peace (Visualiser)
Baaba Maal - Traveller (Visualiser)
Baaba Maal - War (Visualiser)
Being another sighting of Agreement, a song about the importance of keeping your word.
Being the 4th chapter from Being, Agreement is a song about taking seriously the promises you make.
Being where I was, doing what I love most; to sing, to search, to see further.
Being true, being real; Agreement is here, the new single from Baaba Maal’s upcoming album Being.
Baaba Maal - Agreement (Visualiser)
‘Agreement' - the fourth song on the imminent new album Being.
Alive; Being Vision 10. Looking forward with hope as we say farewell to last year.
Being a time to celebrate what you want to see more of;
Being in a room in London 2012, with Jim Palmer & Mamadou Sarr, singing Maacina Tooro
Vision 8, a hint of "Boboyillo", the fifth track from Baaba Maal's next album, 'Being'.
Being vocal; Baaba Maal speaking about the power of his voice. #BMinsight 9 #shorts
Being with friends, playing for change. Performing for the village elders of Kirina, Mali.
Being Vision 7; play. In football everything is possible ! Play well today Senegal !
Being a time to celebrate; Yerimayo Celebration is here, the dramatic first track from Being.
Baaba Maal - Yerimayo Celebration (Visualiser)
Vision 6; being another sighting of Yerimayo Celebration, Baaba Maal's next single.
The fifth Vision, a hint of ‘Freak Out’, a song about being careful what you put on the internet.
Vision 4; Being a sighting of 'Yerimayo Celebration', a Baaba Maal single released on December 1st.
To begin; Yerimayo Celebration, the first track from Being, the next Baaba Maal album.
Being together; Vision 3. 'Ndungi Ruumi,’ a hint of the new. #BMvision
Being Vision 2; a hint of Agreement, a new song by Baaba Maal, produced by Johan Hugo.
Seeing things, hearing things; New Baaba Maal music landing soon…
See Baaba being part of the beautiful new trailer for #BlackPanther: Wakanda Forever, out 11 Nov.
Baaba Maal - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Comic Con Performance
Fete De La Musique 2020
DJAM LEELII 2020
Le message de Baaba Maal sur les événements tragiques et le massacre a Mali
Baaba's message about the tragic events and massacre in Mali - English
BaabaMaalVEVO Live Stream
Baaba Maal - Lampenda (Official Video)
Mumford & Sons, Baaba Maal - Wona [Official Lyrics]
Mumford & Sons, Baaba Maal - There Will Be Time [Official Lyrics]
Baaba Maal - Gilli Men [Official Video]
Baaba Maal - Fulani Rock [Henrik Schwarz Remix]
Baaba Maal – Dakar Moon
Baaba Maal – International
Baaba Maal – A song for Women
Baaba Maal - Television - (Full Album)
Baaba Maal – Fulani Rock [Official Audio]
Baaba Maal - Cantaloupe
Baaba Maal - Miracle
Baaba Maal - Tindo
Baaba Maal - Television
Baaba Maal: The Traveller [Trailer]
Baaba Maal - Gilli Men [Official Audio]
PRÉSENTATION DU LIVRE ‘’BAABA MAAL ET LE FOUTA : MESSAGE LOCAL ET PATRIMOINE UNIVERSEL’
Blues Du Fleuve 2012 round-up
Blues de Fleuve Festival 2012
Highlights from the 2007 Blues Du Fleuve Festival
La dernière semaine de Africa Utopia
Africa Utopia by Baaba Maal
Africa Utopia by Baaba Maal
Africa Utopia by Baaba Maal (French)
Baaba Maal at Africa Utopia
Baaba Maal at Africa Utopia
Baaba & Oxfam - Sahel Food Crisis
Baaba Maal Crisis Alimentaire Mauritanie et Sahel
Baaba Maal - Tales from the Sahel Tour "Hamady Boiro & Djarabi" Live @ The Birchmere
Baaba Maal - 30 Novembre 2011 au Stade Amadou Barry
Alex Wheatle reading and Q&A
Baaba Maal - Tindo Live at The Tabernacle
Jude Kelly on WOW
Annie Flore Batchiellilys backstage at WOW
Speech Debelle on WOW and celebrating women
Eska Backstage at WOW - In Praise of the Female Voice
Baaba Maal Blues Du Fleuve 2010 - Dakar, Senegal
Baaba Maal performs International at Blues Du Fleuve, Dakar 2010
Michel Sidibé opens the discussion on Culture vs HIV/AIDS
Richard gant interview - Dakar Festival of Black Arts and Culture 2010
Baaba being interviewed after the round-table discussion on culture vs HIV/AIDS
Vox Pop - Seye Interview Dakar 2010
Baaba Maal HIV/AIDS conference
Vox Pop - Talla
Baaba Maal & Daande Lenol 25th Anniversary Tour Footage Part 6/7
Baaba Maal & Daande Lenol 25th Anniversary Tour Footage Part 7/7
Baaba Maal & Daande Leñol - 25th Anniversary Tour [Part 5 of 7]
Baaba Maal & Daande Lenol 25th Anniversary Tour Footage Part 2/7
Baaba Maal & Daande Lenol 25th Anniversary Tour Footage Part 4/7
Baaba Maal & Daande Lenol 25th Anniversary Tour Footage Part 1/7
Baaba Maal & Daande Lenol 25th Anniversary Tour Footage Part 3/7
Baaba & Eric Video Shoot Nairobi Railway Station Sept 29th 2010
Baaba Maal & Eric Wainaina Sarakasi Dome 28 Sept 2010
Baaba Maal performing "Televison" at Bellingen Global Carnival NSW Australia
Baaba Maal performing "International/Gorel" at Global Carnival Bellingen Australia
Baaba Maal performing "Djarabi" for the Patricia Show on MNET
US Summer Tour 2010 - Sierra Nevada Chapter IV
US Summer Tour 2010 - Sierra Nevada Chapter III
US Summer Tour 2010 - Sierra Nevada Chapter II
US Summer Tour 2010 - Sierra Nevada Chapter I
US Summer Tour 2010 - Summerstage Chapter III
US Summer Tour 2010 - Summerstage Chapter II
US Summer Tour 2010 - Summerstage Chapter I
US Summer Tour 2010 - Hollywood Bowl Chapter II
US Summer Tour 2010 - Hollywood Bowl Chapter I
US Summer Tour 2010 - Newport Festival Chapter V
US Summer Tour 2010 - Newport Festival Chapter IV
US Summer Tour 2010 - Newport Festival Chapter III
US Summer Tour 2010 - Newport Festival Chapter II
US Summer Tour 2010 - Newport Festival Chapter I
US Summer Tour 2010 - Bonnaroo Chapter I
BAABA AT THE 2010 GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE CEREMONY Part 3 of 3
BAABA AT THE 2010 GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE CEREMONY Part 1 of 3
BAABA AT THE 2010 GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE CEREMONY Part 2 of 3
Baaba at Mondavi Performing Arts Center
Africa Channel's Live @ Red Kiva
Baaba Maal - Dakar Moon [Official Video]
Tindo Quando
Baaba Maal - Yela
Baaba Maal and Kila backstage at The Electric Picnic Festival 2009
Baaba at Mandela day - In My Own Two Hands rehearsal with Chris Chameleon
Baaba at Mandela day - African Woman rehearsal
Baaba Maal at Electric Lady Studios - NYC
Baaba Maal - BBC World Service Trust Interview
Baaba Maal - Meltdown Festival
Baaba Maal - Television [Official Video]
Baaba Maal - TV2 recording in Paris
Baaba Maal - Television- launch event
Television Launch Event
Baaba Maal backstage at Island 50
Baaba Maal performing at the Island 50 Celebration concert
Baaba Maal at secret after-party gig
Backstage at Jools Holland May 09
Baaba Maal sings for Nelson Mandela
Photos
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